Clinical Teaching Fellow

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The post involves supporting the clinical leads with rotation planning and collaborative working across the Trust site to ensure equity and appropriate teaching cover across all rotations. The post holder will be responsible in supporting the clinical lead in the day to day organisation of allocated teaching timetables. Candidates will network across clinical areas to support the recruitment of clinicians to deliver bedside teaching for some rotations.

A key part of the post is teaching and facilitating learning to all levels of undergraduate students and postgraduate trainees within the clinical area, via the virtual platform, within the classroom, Simulation Centre and clinical skills lab. This includes the academic support for students where remediation following a period of absence has been identified by the pastoral lead/leads. Teaching fellows maybe an immediate point of contact for those students in difficulty and will work closely to refer students to the pastoral lead/leads.

Although the post is based within a nominal site there is an expectation to cover Trustwide teaching, to be part of the SIM faculty for both undergraduate students and post graduate trainees

Job responsibilities

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have been employed for a minimum of two years of as a HCA within the NHS for the Trust to consider sponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria and have a current visa expiring within 3 months).